#Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser

[nothingtowear05]

Dress: Hervé Leger AYLIZA EYELET CHAIN LACE-UP DRESS SILVER ($4,276.00) | Boots: Tom Ford LEATHER OVER THE KNEE BOOT ($2,990) | Handbag: Paco Rabanne 1969 Ball Brass Shoulder Bag ($1,170.00) | Earrings: YEPREM 18K White Gold Y-Couture Earrings ($34,100.00) | Ring: YEPREM 18K White Gold Chevalier Ring ($32,200.00) | Headband: Jennifer Behr Alice Diadem ($398.00)

This week's Disney hotel is Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, which will permanently close its doors on October 1st. Until then, visitors can still enjoy an immersive two-night experience in the world of Star Wars.

To match the intergalactic cruise vibe of the hotel, I created a look inspired by an intergalactic socialite rather than an adventurer. While not based on any specific characters from the franchise, the overall aesthetic of the hotel served as my inspiration.

[storyarcscribe]

Just did galactic starcruiser and here are the key takeaways….

Lt. Croy is a SLAY

Sammie is a SLAY

Chewie is a SLAY

SK is a SLAY

Ouannii is a SLAY

Sandro is a SLAY

EVERYONE IS A SLAY

And yes I will be doing a Poe Dameron x Reader Enemies to Lovers fic set on the Starcruiser.

[jaye42]

My spoiler-full review of the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is now live!

[fanthatracks]

One Hour Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser cabin viewport

Take a look through the viewport of the Halcyon, aka Galactic Starcruiser.

Read More On Fantha Tracks - https://fantha.news/yukqc

[jedi-valjean]

Apparently the captain of the Halcyon Starcruiser (the Disney hotel that got shut down lmao) is a Pantoran named Riyola Keevan. I wonder if Riyo Chuchi's full name is Riyola. Like how Eliza is short for Elizabeth

[dindjarindiaries]

Goodbye to this beautiful, incredible ship, the Halcyon. She served the galaxy well, and today she heads into dock for good. I am honored to have served on board for 8 months. May the stars always light her way. 💙✨

[twofoxes]

More Gaya from my new sketchbook. Seeing her live was... life-changing. 

[sophieakatz]

Thursday Thoughts: The Star Wars Hotel

I listened to an episode of the podcast Into A Larger World this morning. The guest, Nick, discussed how much of the public response to Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser was based on misconceptions about what the Starcruiser actually was.

"Calling the Galactic Starcruiser a hotel would be like calling a car a chair," he said. "You sit in it, sure. But that's not why you buy a car."

I've made a few TikToks of clips from my voyage on the Starcruiser, and every once in a while, someone leaves a comment on TikTok or on the reel version of it on Instagram, saying something along the lines of, "$6000 for this?"

I delete these comments. I don't feel like engaging with them. But there's a part of me that wants to say, "Of course not. This is a sixty-second video. Nobody paid that much for merely sixty seconds of just watching. What's the point of saying something like that? What do you get out of believing that you know everything you need to know about a two-day immersive experience from this silly little video I threw together in a futile yet necessary attempt to convey - to celebrate - even a fraction of what this experience meant to me and to everyone else who was a part of it?"

I don't have much footage of my time on the Halcyon. For the first six months of my Starcruiser journey, I was a show writer on the project. Playtests had only just begun, and photos and videos were forbidden. I couldn't tell anyone about this thing we were building together, how much love we were pouring into it, how much hope we had that the world would love it, too.

I then spent a year watching from afar while guests discovered the Halcyon. While they built relationships with the characters. While they realized just how much was always going on, just out of sight. While they ate the food and dressed to fit the world and came up with their own backstories. While they became the heroes of their own Star Wars story. And they loved it. They loved it. I marveled at the knowledge that there was fanfiction, there was fanart, there were return visitors making the journey again and again, the journey I truly never thought I would make once - especially not once it was announced that the ship would close.

My friend Shelby reached out to me, with literally two weeks warning, that they'd found a room. I dipped into my savings account. And, no, I didn't spend $6000. There were five people in our cabin; I spent less than $1300, even with the merchandise I couldn't help but grab. $1300 for a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience this show as a guest, to truly see what had come of it.

I was determined not to metagame. I would not ask the performers for anything, even though I knew most of them. I would not use my pre-knowledge to seek out fun moments - though of course I made sure that my party was looking in the right direction to see Chewbacca enter the dining room, 'cause that's just me being a good friend. I was ready to have fun. I expected to have fun.

I did not expect to be completely blown away.

I've said this before, and I'm sure I'll say it again. One of the most important things to me as a writer is that I create shows that not only are loved by the audience but also by the people involved in bringing the show to life. When I hear an actor laugh while reading a script I wrote, that fills me with joy. When a stage manager thanks me for making sure they have all the information they need on time, I feel like I've done something right. Back in 2018, when I got to bring my parents to see some of the work I'd done for the Incredible Tomorrowland Expo, one of the improv performers ran up to my dad, grabbed him by the arm, and said, "Did you know she's a writer?? You should be so proud!" - and I almost cried.

When I set foot on the Halcyon as a guest, I did not know that I was actually about to experience two days straight of love. Throughout that two day show, every very little thing that every operations crewmember and performer did screamed, "I love this! I love this! I'm giving it my all!" After a year and a half of nigh-on constant performances, through the exhaustion and the stress and the internet hate and the uncertainty about the future, they were still pouring everything they had, every ounce of love, into that show. And I felt that love washing over me in every moment.

It meant the most coming from the performers. Again, I didn't ask them for anything. I told them I would be there and that my crew and I were ready to play. I went in-character, as Shira the mechanic, prepared to pretend I didn't know them.

But they kept dropping hints that they knew me.

The first time I saw Lenka, my crew was already talking to her. My friend Andrew pointed me out, and said, "She's a mechanic." Without missing a beat, Lenka replied, "Yes, I remember, she helped fix the ship after the pirate attack a few months back. It's wonderful to see you again."

Good fortune put us in the right place and the right time to greet Gaya as she came onboard the ship (yay bridge training!). She smiled at me and my friend Shelby and said, "These two look familiar. Now what are you calling yourself these days?"

On the second day, when it came time for the heist, Raithe gave me a job I would have begged for (and, again, I didn't! I wouldn't!). He put his hand on my shoulder and whispered in my ear, "I know I can trust you. I know you understand what's going on here, possibly better than anyone."

And afterwards, when the heist was a success, when I'd handed the gem to Gaya, Raithe looked at me with actual tears in his eyes and thanked me.

And I said, my voice shaking, "I am so honored to have been a part of making this story."

That's a clip I do have. I'm so grateful to Justin, the man who filmed it and shared his footage with me afterwards (and to Shelby, Shannon, Lauren, Sean, Andrew, and Wendy for the photos and videos they took throughout the trip, too). As soon as the moment had passed, I'd already forgotten what any of us had said. It was truly that emotional. The performers understood why, and so did my crew. But the most incredible thing is that that moment meant something even to the people in the room who didn't understand the full meaning of my words. Three different strangers came up to me later that evening, separately, to tell me so - to thank me, even. One of them asked me if this was my first voyage.

"First as a guest," I replied.

This was the middle of August. I'm still riding the high of that show. I am normally a very anxious artist, full of so-called "imposter syndrome." But two days straight of love and validation and pure play will do something to your brain.

$6000 for this? What wouldn't I pay for this?

Even now - even today, September 28th, 2023 - as I type this blog post, the passengers on the final voyage of the Galactic Starcruiser have already boarded, and in less than half an hour, the performers will join them. Less than two days from now, this journey will be over. But I can't believe that this is the end. The end of this show, yes - all shows end, and many before their time. But not the end of the emotion, not the end of the love, not the end of the storytelling and the joy and the play and the together-as-one. I can't believe that. Because this was something that you can't put a price tag on, something that you can't sum up in as simple and easily-mocked as the phrase "the Star Wars hotel," and, frankly, it's silly to try.

We journeyed boldly. We cherished the moment. We made something worth celebrating and remembering. And we will do it again.

To the Halcyon, and to all who made her fly - Ta'bu e tay!

[gffa]

Thoughts on the incredibly expensive Galactic Starcruiser hotel at Disney World closing down?

I freely admit that I don't know enough about the whole parks thing to really comment in depth, I have no idea if the hefty price tag was what sunk it, or if it was just poorly planned out, or what. But one thing that I keep thinking about is that I wonder how compatible Star Wars even is with a theme park, because I think Galaxy's Edge sounds pretty neat and is a lot of fun, but how iconic can it ever really be, how much can it ever really capture the feeling of living in Star Wars, when it's not tied to anything from the movies? It's not even like you're visiting Tatooine or Hoth or Dagobah or Endor! It's a completely new location, which is fun, but how much is it a Dream Come To Life? And the Galactic Starcruiser hotel had it even worse from what I could see, it never really felt like Star Wars. And maybe I'm way off base about this, genuinely I am not deep enough into the parks experience to have a truly informed opinion, but I wonder if what really sank the Galactic Starcruiser was more that it couldn't really capture the feeling of Star Wars that you would need to justify that price tag.

[croy-on-a-working-vacation]

Got advice from fellow passengers after my first try making the Halcyon’s bubble grilled cheese—I needed to add cheese on the bottom and top layers of the batter to get the crispy, crunchy crust I missed from the ship. It’s perfect now 😭💖

[nukenai]

Eternally thinking about driving somewhere with my roommate, and a Gaya song came on. He looked at the screen in my car and went "That's your friend, right?" 🥺🥺🥺 my friend, galactic superstar Gaya...

[youcantrewind]

Hope everyone had a good Boop Day.

Bonus Kandri:

[swtorpadawan]

Well, This is Awkward... 🤐

[loveleetoons]

Jakki from Jakku at the Sublight Lounge.

NeeColas from the Outer Rims at work on the bridge.

I hear the two of them are incredibly close.

Took an adventure on the Galactic Starcruiser on Sept 10th to Sept 12th with @branimation and friends. It was an amazing experience. The cast members were amazing and really drew you in and made you feel like you were in an episode of Star Wars. The hotel/starcruiser itself was impeccable. Fellow passengers of the voyage were incredibly creative and friendly.

As the Halcyon takes its final voyage this week. I know the memories of the ship and the people I met will stay with me.

[jaye42]

After an embarrassingly long hiatus, my Lieutenant Croy cosplay is done!

I first planned to make him last year, long before our Starcruiser trip. I wanted to come up with a look as if I was “cast” as Croy, versus copy an existing performer as many brilliant actors have portrayed him!

I drafted the pattern for the jacket and sewed the costume and hat; the code cylinders are Soviet-era radiation dosimeters cut down to size, which is what the officers wore in the film.

Boots by Imperial Boots, wig from Five Wits Wigs.

[kick-girl]

We're starting a new Star Wars RPG campaign and I did a *totally normal thing* and created an entire cast sheet as part of my character's backstory My character (Zuzu) is a former reality show cast member, from the popular holovid show Halcyon: Below Deck She was on two seasons of the show, so... of course I have to have TWO cast sheets! Don't ask me if there are episode synopsis' because... maybe.  :X Based of course on the Halycon Galactic Starcruiser. Only the show is set earlier than the current hotel timeline. I’ve not had the pleasure of going to the Star Wars hotel, and I doubt I ever will, so this is the closest I may get ahaha. Used photos online to help with crew member outfits!

Just thought I would share with you! lol